• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Hurricane Hillary Threatens the West Coast

Warren Faidley

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Surprised no one has mentioned this **potentially** catastrophic event.

I'm considering deploying to the eastern regions on Monday AM if the flooding becomes epic. My biggest concern is for the Palm Springs area, where steep, bare mountain slopes could send a biblical amount of water into the valleys. I've seen the levees and there is NO way they could contain a massive surge.

The forecasting issues remain speed of the remnants and if the estimated precipitation totals are realized. Roads and highways in this region are historically prone to flooding and closure, including I-8 and I-10, so getting around might be a nightmare. CA's electrical grid is crappy, a factor to consider, e.g., fuel. I would not want to be stranded anywhere in LA, as criminals are going to be loving this event for easy pickings.

On standby.
 
So far, made good decision about nixing any chase of this event. It's sometimes hard to separate the inertia of hype from reality of that gut feeling and logical forecasts. Systems moving this fast are generally not "catastrophic" as we saw in 1983 when TS Octave stalled over Arizona. Of course there will be localized events, but not the "biblical event" a lot of people were forecasting. I've seen a couple of chasers in CA trying to suck the excitement out of anything they can find to make it look newsworthy and dangerous for social media -- as usual.
 
Thanks to remnants of Hurricane Hillary & winter precipitation, about 5 inches of rain fell in the half-year period August '23 through February '24 in Death Valley, CA per NPS. Relatively speaking, that's a lot. A year ago, I photographed the unusual, ephemeral lake that formed at Badwater there. In the foreground of the image, see a Desert Holly plant. To the right, the Black Mountains reflect in temporary "Lake Manly," Death Valley.
I don't think this lowest point in the western hemisphere looks like this in January 2025; what a difference a year can make!

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